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Denmark takes rare step of adding women to draft amid Russia war fears
Danish women turning 18 will be eligible to be entered into a draft lottery for military service that was previously ...
Trump-Putin talks LIVE: US and Russia leaders hold call as Ukraine missiles suspended
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to hold a phone call on Thursday as the White House pushes ...
Tearful Kim Jong Un seen mourning North Korean troops killed fighting for Russia in war against Ukraine
North Korean state TV aired footage showing Kim Jong Un placing a flag on a soldier’s coffin who was reportedly killed while ...
Crimean Tatars, scarred by past, fear homeland will be ceded to Russia in peace deal
When Ukrainian Leniie Umerova crossed into Russia on her way to see her ailing father in their native Crimea in late 2022, ...
Russia's Officials Keep Contradicting Putin on War Economy
Russia has faced economic turbulence caused by sanctions imposed after Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that are aimed ...
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Central Asia still has a complex relationship with Russia
Local authorities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second city, said Lenin’s removal was for purely aesthetic reasons; they would ...
Relations nosedive between Russia and former close ally Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has been pushing back against Russian dominance in the Caucasus region, seeking closer ties with Turkey and Israel ...
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Russia's War Economy Is Heading To Recession. It Probably Won't Slow Down The War.
Russian officials are telegraphing a slowdown of the country’s war economy -- the first major slump since the launch of the ...
Russia Celebrates US Stopping Ukraine Weapons Shipments
The Kremlin has repeatedly said arms shipments to Ukraine from allies prolong the conflict Moscow started and raise the risk ...